Grandaughters Birthday card

I love those easel cards on top of boxes but my boxes never look good enough so Ive cheated I found some toffees in £1 shop that she loves and the box is perfect.
Her Birthday is Halloween so thanks to Tracey Ive used this picture of a witch playing football as she plays in a local ladies team .Also used the haunted house thanks to Jak.Hope you like it.

Sisters Birthday card

My eldest sister is going to be 85 this week so as she has just planted a load of winter pansies in her tubs thought Id use pansies for her card.
Used a 3 fold aperature card which I embossed with the butterflies folder from CraftsToo.
Mounted the decoupage onto acetate and added a blue ribbon....and butterfly to finish off..

Christmas with Inklined digi stamps

Used some christmas papers by papermania as the background for this one coloured with water coloured pencils again ..













Won this stamp in a Halloween challenge with Inklined digi stamps so heres a couple of cards Ive done with it.


This one is embossed with Swiss dots and holly folders coloured with watercolour pencils and snowballs added at the top love these and just found them in my local craft shop.

1st Padded card for Christmas

Saw one of these Pippa had made and as shed left the link I bought some christmas onesto try heres the first.
Used pearlised blue card which I embossed with the dots folder also embossed a white square to add underneath the padded image. Finished off with MS fan punch border and some sparkle wool I found.Going to make a few more of these this year as they are different dont you think?

Halloween Challenge for Just inklined.

Got the mummy download free from Imag-e-nation Justinklined so thought Id use it to enter the fun halloween challenge.Will send this to my youngest granddaughter who lives away.
Hope you like it...

Two for september birthdays.

The second is an easel for our neighbour whose birthday it is in September she is a nursing sister so works very hard.



The first is for a good friend a mans card ahhhhhhhh.......

My beautiful blogger award.

Louise has very kindly given me this award and I believe ive to tell you 7 things about me to earn it Oahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh............where to start...:0)
1 Im going to be 70 years young soon
2 Ive been married for 50 years.
3 Ive a girl and a boy both in their late 40's now and both born in Kenya.
4. Ive 3 gorgeous granddaughters 1 training to be a childrens nurse.2nd is sports mad and has played for England under 21's the 3rd who unfortunately I dont see too much off is just starting secondary school soon in Scotland where she lives.
5. Im another card maker fanatic make far too many but do give loads away to charities .
6.My second passion is gardening.Im in charge of the floral department so hubby says...
7.Due to hubbies employed Ive lived all over the world but come back to my roots in the north east.


Now to the 7 bloggers Ive chosen to pass on this award to.:-
1 Hanna a very young cardmaker who lives in Sweden and has bags of talent one to watch for the future Im sure Although a busy teenager if you leave her a message on her blog she will visit yours..
2.Nikky A lovely lady whose blog I love to follow she is so generous with her decoupage sheets and love reading about her travels at the moment she is in china.
3.Shell A very busy blogger these days with her commitments but still finds time to visit Thanks a bunch Shell.
4.Chris She has been away from blogging for awhile due to other commitments but still pops by occasionly.
5.Marjie. A star for helping with decoupage or verses for your cards Very much appreciated.
6.Joanie Another talented and kind lady who not only makes cards but shares her decoupage sheets with all crafters freely..
7 Finally Jackie whose cards are fantastic another really busy crafter.
Hope Ive done this right ....Thanks again Louise.........